What you need to know about the NBA TweetK9 Fantasy League:Over the course of the NBA regular season, up to 12 search and social media marketers will battle it out for the highly coveted title of "best-fantasy-baller-that-does-online-marketing" by participating in a Yahoo NBA fantasy league.

The participants will draft their own squad of players in a live draft format and then battle one opponent each on a weekly basis.

The head-to-head format sums up the performance of two opposing teams in multiple statistical categories, with the winning teams assuming bragging rights while the losing team consoles themselves with their best excuses, at least until the next week.

We're currently looking to flesh out the league to a full 12 players, so check out the details and sign up before the live draft.Your League All-Stars (to date)
[Player name - Team Name - Twitter handle]

Get on Twitter, the preferred medium for exchanging manly genteel banter.

Be a fairly seasoned fantasy league player [as you'll want to set aside an hour each week to setup your roster and a few hours for the live draft]

Why should you join?You'll be part of a highly social league that will be 'interacting' online via Twitter, blogs and email. If you love NBA fantasy basketball and making fun of other people social media, you don't want to be sitting on the bench for this one.

Besides, this year is shaping up to be one of the greatest in NBA history, so if you stopped following the NBA in the dark days of the Pistons-Spurs finals, this is the perfect way to catch up with the current league.
How much does it cost?Nothing! Except for your online pride and reputation - but you never cared about that anyway, right?

What if I don't play fantasy basketball?You can still follow the league as the players will be on Twitter all season long, trading trash talk that would make the bastard child of Gary Payton and Muhammad Ali proud.

I played BB in high school. Our team one first in state. But the only playing time I got was when a player on the opposing team got hot (started shooting really well) The coach would send me in with these inspiring words, "Go foul out on that guy, but don't touch the ball."

It sounds fun but my dance card is a little full so I'll have to sit over here in the cheap seats and root for the under dog.

Haha fanatasy basketball or football is as close to SEO as you can get. You gotta spend hours modifying your keyplayers, watching what is happening in the league, and hoping that a little bit of luck is on your side. Fantasy leagues are a great way to hone skills and disciplines needed to suceed in SEO, haha and it's a blast too.

sounds nice, but as g1smd, I just didn't get it by reading the post once :-) ... I once played fantasy football some years ago, when I haven't come across the term SEO yet. But you're right, they're really somehow related ...